Exar to Acquire HiFN to Address Deduplication and Secure Backhaul Apps

Exar will acquire Hifn, a supplier of high-performance network, storage and security processors, in a stock swap deal valued at approximately $59 million. Hifn (NASDAQ: HIFN), which is based in Los Gatos, California, supplies a line of Applied Services Processors (ASPs) to network OEMs. Exar (Nasdaq: EXAR), which is based in Milpitas, California, said the acquisition brings valuable intellectual property related to Ethernet, embedded processors,...

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BT and Corvil Offer Low Latency to Global Capital Markets

BT has joined forces with Corvil, a specialist in electronic trading latency management systems, to provide financial institutions with a network latency management solution. As a part of the agreement, BT will leverage CorvilNet, a leading latency management system developed by Corvil that monitors, analyzes and optimizes electronic trading infrastructures against ultra-low latency objectives encompassing market data feeds and order execution traffic. In addition to CorvilNet, BT will provide a dedicated team of business consultants and IT specialists...

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China's Communication Standards Association Adds 2.5G EPON

China's Communications Standards Association (CCSA) has added 2.5G EPON as a standard specification for fiber-based broadband access networks. CCSA's adoption of 2.5G EPON enables service providers to offer more bandwidth per subscriber for MTU (Multiple Tenant Units), including residential and business subscribers.Teknovus, which supplies GEPON chips) hailed the news, noting that China is poised to surpass Japan with the largest number of fiber subscribers by year-end. China ended 2008 with more than 8 million FTTx subscribers and is expected...

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Dell'Oro: VDSL Port Shipments Are Silver Lining for the Declining DSL Market

DSL port shipments on infrastructure equipment fell more than 10 percent in 2008, according to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group. Within total ports, ADSL port shipments fell almost 20 percent while VDSL port shipments grew 40 percent. The report also predicts this trend will continue in 2009 with a larger rate of decline in shipments for ADSL and a higher growth rate for those of VDSL.The report shows Alcatel-Lucent, the leader in the...

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FiberLight Deploys Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 9500 in Texas

FiberLight, which provides metro optical transport services including Ethernet, Wavelengths, IP, SONET and Dark Fiber within major U.S. cities, has begun a statewide deployment of Fujitsu's FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platforms (Packet ONPs) across Texas. The network will bring premium managed communications services -- including Ethernet, SONET and wavelength connectivity options -- to enterprise, government, content providers, and...

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Lockheed Martin Joins Juniper's Open IP Program

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company has joined the Juniper Networks' Open IP Solution Development Program (OSDP). As a member of the OSDP, Juniper Networks provides Lockheed Martin with access to the Partner Solution Development Platform (PSDP), which enables customers and partners to develop specialized applications on its JUNOS software.http://www.juniper....

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Spirent and IneoQuest Join Forces on Video Quality Test Suite

Spirent Communications and IneoQuest Technologies announced an exclusive global partnership to offer an end-to-end video quality test suite for network equipment manufactures (NEMs). The partnership combines Spirent's network testing suite with IneoQuest's bulk, live video test and analysis solutions, thereby covering the Triple Play ecosystem, including encoders, multiplexers, routers, switches and set-top boxes.The companies said their technology will specifically help NEMs to effectively address IP network scalability and reliability issues...

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Spirent Partners with Endace for High Speed Ethernet Probes

Endace, which specializes in high speed packet capture networking technology, announced a technology partnership with Spirent Communications to develop the next generation of high speed service assurance probes for service providers. The companies said that while the need for Ethernet services has grown quickly, the management of these multi-vendor IP networks has become more complex. Hence the need for next generation Ethernet Assurance probes. http://www.spirentfederal....

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Covad Deploys Nationwide 10 Gbps MPLS Backbone

Covad Communications has completed a nationwide MPLS deployment and network capacity upgrades that will enable its partners to deliver advanced video, voice and data services. The upgrades include metro optical rings with up to OC-192 (10 Gbps) capacity and will allow Covad and its wholesale partners to meet the demanding needs of small businesses and distributed enterprises."Businesses are increasingly using broadband to deploy IP-based services...

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AT&T to Invest $1 Billion in Global Network in 2009

AT&T will invest approximately $1 billion in 2009 to continue building out its global network. AT&T said its investment is focused on the network infrastructure, services and support for companies requiring "anytime, anywhere" access to the systems, suppliers, customers and employees needed to successfully run their businesses. Specifically, AT&T said it is capitalizing on the ongoing shift in network traffic from voice to data and video-- and more importantly to IP-based data and video-- as customers migrate from legacy data networks...

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Nielsen: TV, Internet and Mobile Usage in U.S. Keeps Increasing

the average American watches more than 151 hours of TV per month, an all-time high, according to Nielsen's latest "A2M2 Three Screen Report". Meanwhile, Americans who watch video over the Internet consume another 3 hours of online video per month and those who use mobile video watch nearly 4 hours per month on mobile phones and other devices. Some highlights of the report:Digital video recorded (DVR) and other time shifted television is watched...

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